Public Facilities Commission Meeting (PFD)

 

Amendment to the vote of October 17, 2013: Regarding a contract with MacRitchie Engineering, Inc., to provide engineering design and construction administration services for the Boston City Hall HVAC Upgrades Phase 1 project located at One City Hall Plaza, Boston.

 

 

That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of October 17, 2013, as amended by PFD’s Director under delegations of authority to extend the duration of the contract on November 18, 2016 and February 25, 2019 regarding a contract with MacRitchie Engineering, Inc. provide engineering design and construction administration services for the Boston City Hall HVAC Upgrades Phase 1 project located at One City Hall Plaza, Boston;

 

be, and hereby is, amended as follows:

 

By deleting the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $623,155, including $160,000 for additional services, which is a fixed fee of 7.7% based on an estimated construction cost of $6,015,000” and substituting in place thereof the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $996,189.69, including an increase of $268,345 to the basic fee amount thereby totaling $731,500 and, also, including an increase of $104,689.69 for additional services thereby totaling $264,689.69, thus totaling $373,034.69 for a contract amendment increase, which is a fixed fee of 7.7% based on an estimated construction cost of $9,500,000.”

 

The Director is, also, authorized to execute such amendment, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.

 

 

 

 

 

That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of September 25, 2019 regarding a contract with Hill International (New England), Inc., to provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project;

 

be, and hereby is, corrected as follows:

 

By deleting the following figure and word: “156 weeks” and substituting in place thereof “753 days.”

 

The vote to award the OPM services contract for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project now provides as follows:

 

 

 

That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to request from the Mayor, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, written authority to award a contract, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for services under M.G.L. c. 149, section 44½(c) with advertisements appearing in the Boston Globe and City Record on July 1, 2019 and Central Register on July 3, 2019, to Hill International (New England), Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with an office at 75 Second Avenue, Suite 300, Needham, MA 02494. Under the terms of this contract, Hill International (New England), Inc. will provide owner project manager (OPM) services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End. The term of this contract shall be 753 days from the date of contract execution, which occurred on October 8, 2019 and shall expire on October 30, 2021, at a cost not to exceed $387,295, including $27,000 for additional services.

 

The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.